Domkal Assembly Elections 2016

The upcoming 2016 assembly election to Domkal will once again witness a direct contest between Congress and CPIM. Though currently held by CPIM, the party has not been able to regain the lost ground which it has been losing to Trinamool Congress since its ouster from power in 2011. However division of votes between the Congress and TMC will stand it good stead. BJP is still not a competitive force in the Domkal assembly seat despite its making considerable gains in the last general parliamentary elections in the state.

Domkal Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate

Party Name

Results

Anisur Rahaman Sarkar

CPM

Won71703

Soumik Hossain

AITC

64813

Abdur Rahaman Sekh

INC

46294

Nanda Dulal Pal

BJP

4652

Abdur Rahaman Mandal

IND

1756

None of the Above

None of the Above

1580

Jakir Hossain Sekh

IUML

1178

Syed Golam Gaus

WPI

990

Dr Nazrul Islam

MPI

857

Buddhadev Das

IND

769

Nujrul Islam Mandal

IND

627

Anisur Rahaman Sekh

IND

385

Samsuzzaman

SUCI(C)

358

West Bengal Election

Domkal is currently held by CPIM whose member Anisur Rehman emerged victorious from the seat in 2011 by defeating his nearest rival Soumik Hossain of the Congress by just 3075 votes in a bipolar fight. Trinamool Congress did not field its candidate because it was in alliance with the Congress. Anisur Rehman, who has been representing the seat since 1991, was a minster of the Left Front Government which ruled uninterruptedly for 34 years in Bengal.

One of the twenty two assembly constituencies located in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, Domkal is composed of Ajimganjgola, Domkal, Bhagirathpur, Garaimari, Ghoramara, Garibpur, Jitpur, Juranpur, Juginda, Madhurkul, Sarangpur and Raipur gram panchayats of Domkal block.

Domkal is one of the seven assembly segments that combine to form the Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat. Of a total number of 193539 electors eligible to cast their votes in the 2011 assembly poll to Domkal, there were 100702 males and 92837 females.